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Cellular Aging

Senescence (səˈnəsəns)
is a scientific term that basically means “aging”; it refers to a process of
cells losing their ability to divide and renew. A lot of research is happening right now on the topic of senescence. As cells age, they often eventually stop working (turn themselves "off"). This is a natural part of the cycle
of life, but recently scientists have found that a very special antioxidant, Molecular Hydrogen, can repair those cells (or even reduce senescence) and therefore
extend the cells’ ability to rejuvenate.

Why Repair Aging Cells?

When you repair aging cells they act young again. But what's wrong with the aging cell? Researchers believe that senescent cells (inactive, damaged cells) are not just inactive. They're actually bad for the
body when they accumulate to high levels. They're not really dormant as they once were thought to be. Their presence in abundance contributes to inflammation,
which in turn causes conditions like arthritis and further deterioration of the
body. Because of this, it is theorized that if once a cell has stopped being able to do its job, it was either
removed or fixed, it would alleviate a lot of ills.

Two Ways to Handle the Aging Cell

Cellular aging (or senescence, as it's known in the scientific world) is now known to be somewhat reversible. There are two ways being worked on right now to handle the aging cell: 1) kill it, and 2) fix it.

Killing the aging cell is certainly one way to tackle the problem. Researchers working on this are showing some
promise that doing this can slow down the aging process. But ridding the body
of senescent cells is only theoretical and has not come close to the human
trial phase yet.

Fixing damaged cells, however, has already reached the human
trial stage with trials where test subjects consume Molecular Hydrogen in a variety of ways. Hydrogen consumption has been shown to be both safe and effective. Hundreds of
studies have been done so far, showing that Hydrogen as an antioxidant is
effective in reducing or alleviating many ills. One theory of why Molecular
Hydrogen seems to cure so many diseases, is that it goes in to repair the
senescent cells, which were damaged by free radicals, and get them back to their
former youthful operation. Repaired senescent cells act like normal cells
again. So, they don’t cause inflammation any more. Thus far, no antioxidant
other than Hydrogen, has been shown to be able to do this.

Molecular Hydrogen is quite harmless. Unlike other antioxidants,
that can sometimes turn into free-radicals after they have donated their electrons,
Hydrogen can scavenge even the most dangerous Active Oxygen radical and
when done with its repair work it either evaporates or turns it into water.

Molecular Hydrogen is a Novel Antioxidant

It is important to note that other antioxidants, such as vitamins C, E and A, having recently been tested, have not been validated by research as having the ability to reduce senescence. Molecular Hydrogen has been validated, though, many times. It is small enough to enter into cells, and get past the blood-brain barrier, so it is a very unique antioxidant, and is powerful in its cell-anti-aging abilities.

Other Benefits of Molecular Hydrogen

Molecular Hydrogen in your body allows you to bring more
oxygen and hydration (water) to your cells without the added risk of cell
damage.

How to Consume Molecular Hydrogen

Molecular Hydrogen is most easy to consume when it’s dissolved
in water. It can also be consumed as a gas, but as a gas it’s cumbersome. One would have to walk around with a
nebulizer to consume it as a gas. When dissolved in water, though, one can
store it in special
vacuum
bottles
, which preserve the Hydrogen antioxidants within the water for up to
24 hours.

There are a variety of devices that will put molecular
Hydrogen in water. My personal favorite is a
water ionizer,
which both alkalizes and pumps hydrogen into the water. My second-choice for
getting Molecular Hydrogen is to use a
Hydrogen
Water Generator
. These won’t alkalize the water but they do pump Hydrogen
into it. Finally, a convenient and portable way to slightly alkalize and get
small amounts of Hydrogen added to the water is to use the
Alkaline
Plus PH Pitcher
. I actually use all three types of devices, myself, just
for variety sake.

More Research on Molecular Hydrogen

An earlier article I wrote about Molecular
Hydrogen
explains in more detail the various medical studies which validate
it as an effective and powerful antioxidant.

Refer to the following scientific papers
for further information related to the healing abilities and safety of Molecular
Hydrogen with specific reference to solving the problem of cellular senescence
(aging).

This article
shows that molecular hydrogen (H2) is a very unique antioxidant and can both
prevent and cure many ailments. With no adverse effects, it doesn’t affect the
normal cell functions or signaling. It permeates cell barriers to effectively
repair cells after oxidative damage has occurred.